ELKIN 2012
The 10th International
Symposium on Electrokinetic
Phenomena （ELKIN 10th）
Electrokinetics in Nano, Bio, and
Venue Tsukuba University
Environmental Sciences
Tsukuba, JAPAN
Soft interface, fundamental to application
May 20-24, 2012
Preface
The ELKIN is a forum for the discussion of new advances in theoretical and applied electrokinetics. The
conference is held biannual inside and outside Europe. Although electrokinetics is and remains the central
theme of the meetings, the emphasis may change from one meeting to the other. Topics covered by the
symposia include:
basic principles of electrokinetic phenomena
electrokinetics of complex surfaces
electrokinetics of low dielectric fluids
electrokinetic self-assembly
AC electrokinetics /microfluidics
environmental electrokinetics / electrokinetics at biointerfaces
History
Electrokinetics is one of the oldest branches of colloid science. It dates back to Reuss, who in 1809
published a paper on migration phenomena in suspensions of clay particles under the influence of an applied
electric field.
The paper was written in French and submitted to a Russian journal, located in Moscow, several years before
Napoleon got there. This event is now almost two centuries ago, but the field of electrokinetics is still very
much alive. Specialized conferences in the field of electrokinetics are more recent.
The first zeta potential symposia took place in Germany and Austria in the seventies and eighties of the past
century. At that time contacts across the Iron Curtain were difficult and only a few representatives from the
East and West could be present, so the meetings remained rather local.
The first international symposium with participants from many countries took place in Granada, Spain, 1993.
At that occasion an International Advisory Board was established of which the main task was to promote the
continuation of these conferences and control their quality. After Granada, ELKIN conferences have taken
place in different countries inside and outside Europe. Since 1998 the conferences are held biannually.
Tsukuba meeting will focus on the soft interface, the relation between fundamental and application (industry
& environment). It will be also important for the new organization in the Asian countries including, Australia
and New Zealand.
The Electrokinetic Society of Japan
http://www.envr.tsukuba.ac.jp/~colloid/ELKIN.html
Invited speakers
- Hans J. Lyklema
- Tom Healy
- Hiroshi Maeda
- Ehud Yariv
- David Waite
- Jerome Duval
- Huan-Jan Keh
- Filip Beunis
- Todd Squires
- Andrei Dukhin
- Staffan Wall
- Masaki Sano
will be updated
Organizing Committee
Chairman:
- Yasuhisa Adachi
Co-Chairman & Sec. General:
- Satoshi Nishimura
- Ryoichi Yamamoto
- Shinichi Takeda
- Takeshi Nashima
- Motoyoshi Kobayashi
- Hideyuki Sugioka
Domestic Board:
- Akihiko Tanioka
- Setsuo Ooi
- Takeo Yamaguchi
- Ko Higashitani
- Kimiko Makino
- Koji Asami
- Yasushige Mori
will be updated.
Executive Commitee:
- Kazuho Nakamura
- Munehide Ishiguro
- Takanori Akagi
- Yukio Nagasaki
- Hirofumi Kanoh
- Sosaku Ichikawa
- Naoyuki Ishida
- Kazuyoshi Ogawa
- Yoko Tsujimoto
- Pi-Chao Wang
- Nobuhiko Nomura
will be updated.
Academic Director:
- Hiroyuki Ohshima
International Advisory Board
- Prof. A. Abdel-Fattah, USA
- Dr. S. F. Alkafeef, Kuwait
- Prof. Dr. M. Z. Bazant, USA
- Prof. Dr. T. Bellini, Italy
- Prof. L. Boinovich, Russia
- Prof. C. Cametti, Italy
- Prof. E. Chibowski, Poland
- Dr. N. de Jaeger, Belgium
- Prof. Dr. A. V. Delgado, Spain
- Prof. S. S. Dukhin, USA
- Prof. J. Duval, France
- Prof. C. Grosse, Argentina
- Dr. R. Jack, GB
- Prof. N. Kallay, Croatia
- Prof. L. Lapcik, Czech Republic
- Dr. M. Lozada y Cassou, Mexico
- Prof. J. Lyklema, The Netherlands
- Prof. J. Masliyah, Canada
- Prof. N. Mishchuk, Ukraine
- Prof. H. Ohshima, Japan
- Dr. R. O´Brien, Australia
- Prof. D. C. Prieve, USA
- Prof. Dr. A. Ramos, Spain
- Prof. Dr. V. Ribitsch, Austria
- Prof. J. B. Rosenholm, Finland
- Dr. K. Stana-Kleinschek, Slovenia
- Dr. E. Tombasz, Hungary
- Prof. C. Werner (Chairman), Germany
- Dr. L. Yezek, USA
Pre-seminars:
March 11-12th, 2011 International workshop “Electrokinetics in relation to colloidal flocculation
and sedimentation”
August 27th, 2011 Electrolintics and microbiology
September 7-9th, 2011 The 63rd Divisional Meeting on Colloid and Interface Chemistry
November 24th, 2011 Electrokinitcs and Oreo-nanosciences
Important date:
October 1st, 2011 registration open
http://www.envr.tsukuba.ac.jp/~elkin12/
Tel:
+81(0)29 853 4862
E-mail: elkin12@envr.tsukuba.ac.jp
Contact :Yasuhisa Adachi , Tsukuba University